Edward Dolnick

Edward Dolnick's books

The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World

3.95 avg rating — 5,928 ratings

The Forger's Spell: A True Story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the Greatest Art Hoax of the Twentieth Century

3.88 avg rating — 4,984 ratings

The Rescue Artist: A True Story of Art, Thieves, and the Hunt for a Missing Masterpiece

3.77 avg rating — 3,218 ratings

Down the Great Unknown: John Wesley Powell's 1869 Journey of Discovery and Tragedy Through the Grand Canyon

4.01 avg rating — 2,627 ratings

The Writing of the Gods: The Race to Decode the Rosetta Stone

4.20 avg rating — 2,091 ratings

Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party: How an Eccentric Group of Victorians Discovered Prehistoric Creatures and Accidentally Upended the World

3.75 avg rating — 1,930 ratings

The Rush: America's Fevered Quest for Fortune, 1848-1853

3.86 avg rating — 426 ratings

The Seeds of Life: From Aristotle to da Vinci, from Sharks' Teeth to Frogs' Pants, the Long and Strange Quest to Discover Where Babies Come From

4.05 avg rating — 371 ratings

Madness on the Couch: Blaming the Victim in the Heyday of Psychoanalysis

3.88 avg rating — 40 ratings

The Rescue Artist: A True Story Of Art, Thieves, And The Hunt For A Missing Mast

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